Abstract
Purpose
Although trained volunteers are considered to be a valuable source of emotional first aid for individuals in crisis, there
is a paucity of empirical evidence comparing them to lay individuals. The current study exploits a methodological opportunity
engendered by an online support group in which both trained volunteers and lay individuals responded to the same distressful
messages within the same naturally occurring setting.
is a paucity of empirical evidence comparing them to lay individuals. The current study exploits a methodological opportunity
engendered by an online support group in which both trained volunteers and lay individuals responded to the same distressful
messages within the same naturally occurring setting.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0508-7
- Authors
- Itzhak Gilat, The Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid (ERAN), P.O.B. 7137, 42170 Netanya, Israel
- Yishai Tobin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Golan Shahar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Online ISSN 1433-9285
- Print ISSN 0933-7954